Texas Government Code

§ 61.001 — REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES OF JURORS AND PROSPECTIVE JURORS

GV § 61.001Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part E. JURIES · Ch. 61. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who reports for jury service in response to the process of a court is entitled to receive as reimbursement for travel and other expenses an amount:

(1)not less than $20 for the first day or fraction of the first day the person is in attendance in court in response to the process and discharges the person's duty for that day; and

(2)not less than $58 for each day or fraction of each day the person is in attendance in court in response to the process after the first day and discharges the person's duty for that day.

(b)In preparing and approving the annual budget for a county, the commissioners court of the county shall determine the daily amount of reimbursement for expenses for a person who reports for jury service and discharges the person's duty. The amount of reimbursement for each day must be within the minimum and maximum amounts prescribed by this section and paid out of the jury fund of the county. The commissioners court may set different daily amounts of reimbursement for:

(1)grand and petit jurors; or

(2)different petit jurors based on:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1360 (S.B. 1704), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2006. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1378 (S.B. 560), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (S.B. 397), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 40.01, eff. September 28, 2011. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 8.001, eff. September 1, 2023.